The Irish standard., 1887-07-16

f, byterlan church, at ParSOnStOWn, were
! broken. The inside Of the editice was
Uttered with stones and broken glass
and some Of the furniture in the yestry
was broken. There has been a spill
amongst the Protestant party in tbs
town. The Catholics held a meeting
! on June Is, the parish priest presiding
and passed resolutions denouncing the
| sacrilegious act.
KERRY.
On Saturday, June IL, Mr.. Daniel
O'Shea, J.. l.. G., large tenant on the
Kenmare estate, was evicted from his
holding. His furniture was also seized
by the bailiiYs.
On the night Of June l3, g most bru
tai murder was perpetIated at g place
called Boulacullane, about mile north
Of the village Of Farranfore, in the
Killarney police district. at about 10.30
o'clock On the night above mentioned,
a party of Moonlighters visited the
house Of Widow Burke at Boulacullane,
and inquired for Jeremiah Hurley, who
was in her employ. They were admit
ted to the room where Hurley was
sleeping, and they immediately dragged
him out of bed and fired several shots
at him, killing him almost instantly.
Several bullets entered his body in diff
ferent parts. The murderers then de-
parted. About four months ago, Burke,
the widows husband, was found dead
under a cart. and suspicious Of foul
play were entertained. 1t was said
that Hurley gave inform alton to the
police in connection with the affair, and
that this accounts for his assassina~
tion. Another statement is that Hur-
ley himself was suspected to have had a
hand in the murder Of Burke, and that
his death was an act Of retaliation. AS
soon as the Moonlighters had left the
Widows house q priest was sent for,
and arrived just before Hurley breathed
his last. The police at Farranfore were
also communicated With, and went in
search Of the murderers. Two young
men were arrested at their houses OH
suspicion early on the morning of
June IA.
LIMERICK.
While some schoolboys were bathing
in the river near Mo1lasterevan OH June
16, one of them, Thomas Fitzpatrick,
aged Is years, Of Lachagh, Kildare,
got into deep hole, which is at a juno
tion Of two rivers, and as none of the
boys could swim and no assistance
being at hand, he was drowned. The
body was recovered toon after.
LIMERICK.
At Newton, OH June Il, the sub
sheriff was unable to carry out all
eviction owing to the barricading of
the house by the tenant, Mr.. Lynch,
who was assisted by q number of fish.
AT Balllngarry petty sessions on
June Is, young man named Edmond
Lee was charged with threatening to
shoot an Emergency Man named Cul-
linane, of Ballynoe. Cullinane de-
posed to meeting the defendant on
farm from which Lee was evicted, when
an alteration occurred, and the latter
threatened to shoot him on May 81.
on cross examination, ad-
mitted pointing revolver at defendant.
The bench bound Lee over to keep the
peace, but he stated he would go to jail
for month as the alternative.
A serious accident occurred on June
18th at the Limerick Terminus of the
Cork and Limerick District Railway. a
train from Cork entering the station
ran against the stock block with force,
and several of the passengers who We're
standing were violently knocked about
and several injured. A lady named
Webb, from Rockhill, Bruree, County
Limerick, suffered a dreadful shock,